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Counselor Education Program

School Counseling

Curriculum

Revised April 2004

First Year

Fall
  • EDUC G590: Research in Counseling and Guidance
  • EDUC G503: Counseling Theories and Techniques I: Humanistic and Existential

Spring

  • EDUC G504: Counseling Theories and Techniques II: Behavior and Family Systems
  • EDUC G505: Individual Appraisal: Principles and Procedures**

Summer I

  • EDUC G552: Career Counseling: Theory and Practice

Summer II

  • EDUC G502: Professional Orientation and Ethics

Second Year

Fall

  • EDUC G524: * Practicum in Counseling
  • EDUC G562: School Counseling: Intervention, Consultation, and Program Development

Spring

Summer I

  • EDUC P514: Life Span Development: Birth/Death**

Summer II

Third Year

Fall

  • EDUC G532: Introduction to Group Counseling
  • EDUC G550***: Internship in Counseling and Guidance

Spring

  • EDUC G551***: Advanced Internship in Counseling
  • EDUC K505: Introduction to Special Education

Summer I

  • EDUC G570: Human Sexuality
    Comprehensive Exam/Portfolio Evaluation

* Students must acquire student liability insurance from ASCA prior to any practica (G524 or G525).

** Portfolio Checkpoints

*** The internship requirement for all students regardless of their prior teaching credentials is 600 clock hours over one academic school year in all three developmental levels (HS, MS, Elem).  Of those hours, 240 hours must be spent working directly with children in the role of school counselor.